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Monday 9am - 5pm Tuesday 9am - 5pm Wednesday 9am - 5pm Thursday 9am - 5pm Friday 9am - 5pm Saturday 10am - 5pm

Deans Art

Deans Art is Australia's first and most experienced art supply service. Established in 1854 we're celebrating 170 Years of art service.

With Melbourne based Retail Stores, Schools Division and Online Store. Preston 17-19 High St
Brunswick 475 Sydney Rd Deans Art provides expert advice and products to artists, designers & craftsmen from all spectrums. With 3 Melbourne based retail stores, our School Supply Division, and Commercial Service, we supply you with the materials to fulfill your creative needs. Visit us instore at Collingwood, Brunswick or Preston. https://www.deansart.com.au/store-finder/

29/10/2026

PUBLIC HOLIDAY ❤️ Please note we are a Melbourne based business and will be closed for the upcoming VIC public holiday, this Tuesday 3 November.

We're open as normal at our Preston and Brunswick stores either side of Tuesday so please visit to stock up if you're heading away for a long, long weekend.

Our warehouse will close on Monday 2 & Tuesday 3, so please allow additional time for online orders to be fulfilled.

We hope you have something creative planned and look forward to seeing you instore for all your Christmas supplies!

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27/10/2026

VISIT US ❤️ Our stores are open today and filled with a great selection of economical art materials and artists quality supplies.

We're excited to see you instore and our friendly staff are on hand to assist with any questions you may have.

Shop at our Preston and Brunswick stores:
Preston
❤️ Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
❤️ Saturday 10am to 5pm

Brunswick
❤️ Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm
❤️ Saturday 10am to 5pm

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24/10/2026

SUNDAYS IN DEC 🎁 Our Preston and Brunswick stores will open 11am to 2pm select Sundays in December!

Mark your calendars and we look forward to seeing you instore. We'll have a great selection of Christmas products suitable for gifting.

Open Sunday 11am to 2pm on:
🎁 6 December
🎁 13 December
🎁 20 December

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23/10/2026

EVERYTHING IN IT'S PLACE 🐟 This order is too good not to share!

Iwako Erasers are available in a range of cute designs which can be mixed and matched depending on your mood or style. We can see why they're Japan's leading eraser brand.

Our warehouse team packs your orders with care to ensure even the smallest art supplies reach you safely.

Shop online with Deans Art and have your artists materials delivered direct to your door.

Or visit our Preston and Brunswick stores to view their curated selection of Iwako erasers.

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21/10/2026

EXPERIMENTS ꩜ We're loving the creativity of our customers, your drawings and test pages always make us smile!

Testing out the colours and different varieties of colour pencils instore is a relaxing experience. And it helps artists find the right pencil for their next project.

With a variety of popular brands to choose from instore including

Shop the full pencil range in our Preston or Brunswick stores and online today!

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21/10/2026

RAFFIA 🩷 We have a wonderful selection of Raffia colours instock online and in our stores.

Tjanpi Raffis is an all natural raffia in 250g size in a variety of colours. This raffia is great for basket weaving, craft and art projects and is available in a wide range of colours. The 250g size makes these hanks perfect for schools, artists and crafters or for workshop activities.

As used by the Tjanpi Desert Weavers, who are a social enterprise of the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Women’s Council, working with women in the remote Central and Western deserts who earn an income from contemporary fibre art.

Austpaper has partnered with Tjanpi Desert Weavers and NPY womens council and a percentage of all raffia sales goes to support these foundations.

Shop the full range of Raffia at Deans Art today!

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16/10/2026

VISIT US ❤️ Our stores are open today and filled with a great selection of economical art materials and artists quality supplies.

We're excited to see you instore and our friendly staff are on hand to assist with any questions you may have.

Shop at our Preston and Brunswick stores:
Preston
❤️ Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
❤️ Saturday 10am to 5pm

Brunswick
❤️ Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5.30pm
❤️ Saturday 10am to 5pm

THIS WEEK ❤️ Our stores are back open today as normal!

We're excite to see you instore and our friendly staff are on hand to assist

Shop at our Preston and Brunswick stores:
❤️ Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
❤️ Saturday 10am to 5pm

15/10/2026

CHRISTMAS ❤️ Our Christmas elves are busy working behind the scenes preparing some great products for creative Christmas gifting.

For now please enjoy this 1884 Christmas Pudding Recipe from the Deans Art Chronicle 1973 edition. The Chronicle can be found on our website under 170 years of History. It's a great time capsule and makes for a great quick read.

Keep an eye out over the coming days for our Christmas sale announcement.

We hope to see you instore and online this Christmas period, and appreciate our customers shopping small business where they can these holidays!

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07/10/2026

PEACHTOBER 🩷 Our Brunswick store has been getting into the Peachtober, how about you?

by the fantastic is a great event to spark creativity in October.

It's a beautiful day to visit us in Brunswick and Preston for all your October creative supplies. Wether you're celebrating Peachtober, Inktober or Halloween you're sure to find something arty instore!

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30/09/2026

GOLDFABER AQUA DUAL MARKER 💙 Faber-Castell Aqua Dual Markers are now available at Deans Art. Although our stores are closed today you can find them online via our website.

Faber Castell's Goldfaber Aqua Dual Markers are a great drawing tool for illustrators and artists. Featuring a dual tip with one fineliner 0.6mm end for detailed work and a soft, flexible brush tip for filling in larger areas or creating brush lettering and scripts.
With 60 colours to choose from the pens have a water-based dye that won't belled through paper and are is also odourless, acid-free and pH neutral. This makes the Faber Castell Goldfaber Aqua Dual Markers a great option for classrooms or workshops as there's no disruptive odours when using the pens.

Find this product and more fun art materials at Deans Art. Deans Art is Australia's first and most experienced art supply service operating since 1854. We're excited to be celebrating 170 years of quality art supplies and service in 2024.

Make Deans Art your first choice for art supplies!

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Address

Thornbury, VIC

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 5pm

Website

http://www.deansart.com.au/

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